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already obama care? >> [inaudible]. >> you and i are going to have disagree. i think the tactic is a failed tactic. you are missing my point. straight. one record you elected me to follow the constitution and make my best long-term n the interests of this country. that is what you elected me to do. you won't like every one of my 99.2% but i have a conservative rating in terms of protecting -- no other senator that high an average. so i pretty well have gone the line of abiding by the constitution. but you are asking me to commit that's g a policy vote something that i think won't work. totally against obama care. i think there is a foolish way there.ting next question. big m really sick of government and big federal we rnment and in oklahoma have a pipeline that should already be under way. last week the justice department a an 11th hour stop on merger of an airline here. feel like is me hese bureaucracies, e.p.a., i.r.a., justice department, you can go on and on and they want detroit. we didn't vote for
already obama care? >> [inaudible]. >> you and i are going to have disagree. i think the tactic is a failed tactic. you are missing my point. straight. one record you elected me to follow the constitution and make my best long-term n the interests of this country. that is what you elected me to do. you won't like every one of my 99.2% but i have a conservative rating in terms of protecting -- no other senator that high an average. so i pretty well have gone the line of abiding by...
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after that, president obama's speaking to disabled in orlando, florida. with aq and a" washington post investigative >> our guest this week is dana rohrabacher. he has responsibilities for issues involving russia and also looks at emerging threats. after the big decisions about u.s./russian relations in the summit, we thought it important to speak to him. let me introduce our reporters, guy taylor. blake houshell is the deputy editor of politico. >> my first quonestion is about what seems to be topic a this week. the russia subject you are deeply interested in and know a lot about. i am sure you are aware of the news that the white house decided to cancel this upcoming summit meeting between president obama and vladimir putin. i wanted to get your take. i know you have a different view than some in your caucus. >> i think our relation with russia is vital to our own national security. i would say the peace of the world. we have two major threats that we have to deal with if our people are to be safe. one is radical islamic terrorism, which is at our throa
after that, president obama's speaking to disabled in orlando, florida. with aq and a" washington post investigative >> our guest this week is dana rohrabacher. he has responsibilities for issues involving russia and also looks at emerging threats. after the big decisions about u.s./russian relations in the summit, we thought it important to speak to him. let me introduce our reporters, guy taylor. blake houshell is the deputy editor of politico. >> my first quonestion is about...
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you talk about repealing obama care. you get the sense you can repeal obama care without repealing vealing the taxes that paid for it. a lot of people think if you started from scratch, the deficit would be worse. we wanted to make sure those things would be paid for. there is nothing wrong with raising the question, but the answer is that obama care was more than paid for and the next 10 years, it is going to be even more. one thing about health care, people saying about medicare and medicaid going up and up and up, out of control. well, that is not a medicaid sure or medicare problem as much as it is a med medical problem. you ask any of the physicians in here that have been prescribing health care for their employees r 20 years, 30 or 40 years ago, everybody got family coverage, no problem. then after a few years, well, we'll give you coverage, but you have to pay for your family. after a few years, you pay for your family and some of your own. then it is about 50-50. then we'll get a group policy because it is cheape
you talk about repealing obama care. you get the sense you can repeal obama care without repealing vealing the taxes that paid for it. a lot of people think if you started from scratch, the deficit would be worse. we wanted to make sure those things would be paid for. there is nothing wrong with raising the question, but the answer is that obama care was more than paid for and the next 10 years, it is going to be even more. one thing about health care, people saying about medicare and medicaid...
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including president obama. that is why he has begun to authorize the disclosure of more proponents of that program. he has made sure that we are taking steps and working with congress to strike that balance between security and privacy. therelly, that is why were minimal as a component to the law that ensure that when a privacy concern comes up that there are mechanisms in place to address them. i think the revelations that have come to light recently, that there were times when the line was crossed. that demonstrates the mechanisms were in place to catch those. to be pfizer court ruling that unconstitutional in 2011 and setting it aside and ending it was another example of how the process works. we have to continue to focus on finding the balance. >> what is your sense of this as a gut check issue for the democratic base? nsa controversy does seem to have done something that's a lot of would have thought was impossible, forging common ground between the libertarians and the liberal side of the democratic party
including president obama. that is why he has begun to authorize the disclosure of more proponents of that program. he has made sure that we are taking steps and working with congress to strike that balance between security and privacy. therelly, that is why were minimal as a component to the law that ensure that when a privacy concern comes up that there are mechanisms in place to address them. i think the revelations that have come to light recently, that there were times when the line was...
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the second point i would make, president obama to the o.m.b. made this sequester much harder than it needed to be. he had the choice of doing two things. he could make the sequester agency-wide, which means program specific, or he could make it just to the department, and let them meet the goals. he chose to make it specific. so it would exert the most pain on the most people so that he could win the battle of increasing spending. that's what he did, through the o.m.b. so they had a choice. and your department probably would not have got a cut at all, had he made a choice to do it the smart way, the way a pursuedent person would do it. they did not do it. they went to buy department. by line item, by facility. so the problems we have sequester -- we have the problems we have with sequester because of the choice that the president made to make it as painful as possible. >> senator coburn. will you please explain to the audience what obama did has to do with using the office of personal management to contemplate the health care needs of the stati
the second point i would make, president obama to the o.m.b. made this sequester much harder than it needed to be. he had the choice of doing two things. he could make the sequester agency-wide, which means program specific, or he could make it just to the department, and let them meet the goals. he chose to make it specific. so it would exert the most pain on the most people so that he could win the battle of increasing spending. that's what he did, through the o.m.b. so they had a choice. and...
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not just obama, but all presidents. cherry picking about who is the bad person and who is not is so suspicious. -- thoser those of its of us who have been in the business for some time, this is not the first time residential travel has been the focus of groups. stories about kennebunkport. why did bill clinton always go to martha's vineyard? priceey paying a proper for the houses they rent? these issues of been explored in every administration i have seen in washington since the 1980's. >> we will take one or two more calls, and then wrap things up with our guest. these -- caller: lobbyists, i think they ought to be outlawed. is just bribery, if you think about it. it is just bribery, paying off the politicians, putting money in their pockets for what their goal is, not the people's goal. that is what i have to say. host: is there any aspect of this we have not talked about that you want to bring up, anything else we should know? guest: not really. i think it has been good to hear the opinions of people in the real worl
not just obama, but all presidents. cherry picking about who is the bad person and who is not is so suspicious. -- thoser those of its of us who have been in the business for some time, this is not the first time residential travel has been the focus of groups. stories about kennebunkport. why did bill clinton always go to martha's vineyard? priceey paying a proper for the houses they rent? these issues of been explored in every administration i have seen in washington since the 1980's....
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obama came in. he wanted his administration to be the one that turned away from the middle east or pivoted from the middle east in u.s. foreign- policy and focus to asia. secretary defense hagel is in asia right now. he is having to talk about syria and the middle east. president obama, and this is coloring their decisions, knows that to get involved directly in the war in syria that is it for the rest of his administration. i think that is one they are being careful about. he still has lofty hopes for the middle east. he wants to pivot away from this region and put american foreign- policy attention elsewhere, primarily in asia. host: we want to go to a middle east correspondent to his joining us from syria. good morning to you. i think we may have lost him. all right. we will go with our caller. caller: it is concerning to me that regarding the chemical use in syria is slanted to one. america has concluded that facade has artie use chemical weapons. do we already have any evidence? we have conclud
obama came in. he wanted his administration to be the one that turned away from the middle east or pivoted from the middle east in u.s. foreign- policy and focus to asia. secretary defense hagel is in asia right now. he is having to talk about syria and the middle east. president obama, and this is coloring their decisions, knows that to get involved directly in the war in syria that is it for the rest of his administration. i think that is one they are being careful about. he still has lofty...
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what would you ask president obama? caller: i would like to know, and many people i know have a question about this, the fact that we send billions of dollars overseas to arab countries and momentand since the where mohammed said that all of was the only god, and told him there was a need to kill christians, we are sending money want to kill christians. i don't understand that. they are killing them over there at this very moment. we are allowing them to come to this place across the pond, and they are doing it here now. host: there is a question that john allen posted in politico, and one of his was what happened to al qaeda being decimated in on the run? the president has on it -- shreveport,, to what would you asked the president? caller: i would ask, i am proud of obama for getting health care for people, and employers are hiring people part-time. in cutting that jobs. they have so many hours not full-time. host: are you seeing that? caller: they are hiring part- time. it is said. we should have health care for peop
what would you ask president obama? caller: i would like to know, and many people i know have a question about this, the fact that we send billions of dollars overseas to arab countries and momentand since the where mohammed said that all of was the only god, and told him there was a need to kill christians, we are sending money want to kill christians. i don't understand that. they are killing them over there at this very moment. we are allowing them to come to this place across the pond, and...
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president obama announced about step heago the next big envisioned come which was bringing the american arsenal down to just above 1000 nuclear weapons. but he added to that it could only be done in concert with the russians and getting similar cuts. almost the next day, we heard president putin. will reject this approach. , whatour study of this would be the risk of doing this unilaterally? if you are not going to get russian agreement to this, with the united states be significantly less safe with nearly 1000 weapons against the current russian arsenal? how do you deal with the russian concern of the hour non-nuclear weapons would increase in precision? >> a good question. several things. you are right. the president did say we are prepared to make further reductions below the new level in our nuclear arsenal, but he had the intention of seeking tandem parallel or in with russia. you are right, putin said the thatans have some concerns would need to be addressed in the course of the negotiation. i will get back to what they are. i think the fundamental point is we are not going to att
president obama announced about step heago the next big envisioned come which was bringing the american arsenal down to just above 1000 nuclear weapons. but he added to that it could only be done in concert with the russians and getting similar cuts. almost the next day, we heard president putin. will reject this approach. , whatour study of this would be the risk of doing this unilaterally? if you are not going to get russian agreement to this, with the united states be significantly less safe...
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. >> president obama, mrs. obama, president carter and clinton, congressman lewis, ambassador young, my brother martin iii, to my entire family. i was five months old when my father delivered his "i have a dream" speech and i probably was somewhere crawling on the floor or taking a nap after having a meal. but the day is a glorious day because on this program today we have witnessed a manifestation of the beloved community. and we thank everyone for their presence here today. today we have been honored to have three presidents of the united states. 50 years ago, the president did not attend. today we are honored to have many women in the planning and mobilization of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. [applause] >> 50 years ago there was not a single woman on the program. today we are honored to have not just one young person but several young people on the program today. it is certainly a tribute to the work and legacy of so many people that have gone on before us. 50 years ago today, in a symboli
. >> president obama, mrs. obama, president carter and clinton, congressman lewis, ambassador young, my brother martin iii, to my entire family. i was five months old when my father delivered his "i have a dream" speech and i probably was somewhere crawling on the floor or taking a nap after having a meal. but the day is a glorious day because on this program today we have witnessed a manifestation of the beloved community. and we thank everyone for their presence here today....
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found that, but they probably found it because it was easy to see who looked for mccain and looked for obama. but how do you check up on -- i want to see what my ex-wife is doing. i go into the system and put her name and. >> you are making a similar point to a facebook comment, who is watching the watchers? what our left of our program tonight, the c-span out all looking at the nsa surveillance program. it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. that is not what this program is about. what the intelligence community at phoneis looking number is in durations of calls. --y are not looking at names >> they are very sensitive and very important. there is a balance between security at liberty and all was a time to reexamine that. >> you have a police state, and much more dangerous society. others. the center and the privacy is being violated, just ask my constituents. >> there is more inconvenient and damage to americans by the no-fly list and taking off your shoes than by this program. see you there are talking to and in order to identify threats. >> they're out f
found that, but they probably found it because it was easy to see who looked for mccain and looked for obama. but how do you check up on -- i want to see what my ex-wife is doing. i go into the system and put her name and. >> you are making a similar point to a facebook comment, who is watching the watchers? what our left of our program tonight, the c-span out all looking at the nsa surveillance program. it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. that is not...
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think it was very important to during obama's errs term. 's firstded -- obama term. volume ofd this huge traffic, material and the nation, going into afghanistan to support the war effort. we needed them there. it was important to regulations medyedevmcafee of -- administration. president obama made huge promises about ridding nuclear weapons. one of his priorities was to get that agree to. now i think the reality is there's really not much that we can accomplish with russia together. i think the cancellation of this summit meeting was a reflection that there's not much of an agenda mups at all. >> eat -- agenda at all. arehe secretary of defense meeting with their counterparts in russia. conversations continued at a high level. >> a very high level. even all the things i mentioned int were moscow spitting the eye of washington. a lot of these things are largely inconsequential in the long-term relationship. the administration is going to carry on having high level public and back channel communications with russia. we have generally positive relationships. 's closes
think it was very important to during obama's errs term. 's firstded -- obama term. volume ofd this huge traffic, material and the nation, going into afghanistan to support the war effort. we needed them there. it was important to regulations medyedevmcafee of -- administration. president obama made huge promises about ridding nuclear weapons. one of his priorities was to get that agree to. now i think the reality is there's really not much that we can accomplish with russia together. i think...
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a shut down,e obama does not stop. i agree completely. that socialreason security continues to go on is that it is entitlement spending and there is a lot of entitlement spending and obamacare. that that is separate from the funding. we are willing to see a cr being passed but we do not want to defund obamacare. the amendment since 1976 has said none of the money and used to fundbe abortion. in 1982 president reagan's relationship was defunded in appropriations. passed havehat has had changes in military programs. and an appropriation bill it is common to defund things. what we are advocating for him both the senate and house of saying let's pass this and put this on. >> had few been in regular communication with john boehner and mcconnell? some have been frustrated that you are doing these more card thing. -- how muchation communication have you had? >> we are talking with leadership all the time. we have disagreements. we have agreements. the one a friend, get a dog. that is true for people who sometimes get frustrated with each other.
a shut down,e obama does not stop. i agree completely. that socialreason security continues to go on is that it is entitlement spending and there is a lot of entitlement spending and obamacare. that that is separate from the funding. we are willing to see a cr being passed but we do not want to defund obamacare. the amendment since 1976 has said none of the money and used to fundbe abortion. in 1982 president reagan's relationship was defunded in appropriations. passed havehat has had changes...
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care is not obama ready and it is the american people who bear the burden of you not being ready. for employers and their employees? either one of you. >> i would just say, first of thatthat the requirement employers provide coverage under the affordable care act when it goes into effect only applies to larger employers. which provide coverage to their workers today. so the impact of that provision is actually quite small. -- smallerloyees employers are not subject before and they will not be next year. there is a lot of misunderstanding about what this provision is and who it impacts. >> i think i would stop there. i said earlier, i think july 17, a treasury department official appeared here and answered those questions that i think it is more important for me to focus on the administration of the provisions and how effective the irs can be administrating these issues. thank you so much, mr. chairman. welcome to the battlefield. >> is your mic on? >> overconfident about the successes -- my last meeting as relating to the cost of health insurance in new york state, that it was far
care is not obama ready and it is the american people who bear the burden of you not being ready. for employers and their employees? either one of you. >> i would just say, first of thatthat the requirement employers provide coverage under the affordable care act when it goes into effect only applies to larger employers. which provide coverage to their workers today. so the impact of that provision is actually quite small. -- smallerloyees employers are not subject before and they will...
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barack obama's vision for america. or kentucky's. the obama crowd does not like it. kentucky's voice is often the voice of opposition to the obama agenda. i am proud of that. that is why every liberal in america, every liberal in america have announced they will beat us next year. you know, the liberals are worried because it just as i predicted, obamacare is a disaster for america. [applause] i fought them every step of the way, every step of the government takeover. and we stand up to their war on coal. look, as long as i am in the senate, kentucky will have a voice. [applause] all of these liberals, come down here to push me around, they are not going to get away with it, are they? going to decide what kindrand pi take the fight every single day. let me give you an example. a few months ago, the liberals decided that you cannot fish below the dams below the river anymore. well, i rounded up the group and we got together with ed whitfield and rand paul and you can still fish below the dams. we stopped them. [applause] in the beginning of the year, they tried to rai
barack obama's vision for america. or kentucky's. the obama crowd does not like it. kentucky's voice is often the voice of opposition to the obama agenda. i am proud of that. that is why every liberal in america, every liberal in america have announced they will beat us next year. you know, the liberals are worried because it just as i predicted, obamacare is a disaster for america. [applause] i fought them every step of the way, every step of the government takeover. and we stand up to their...
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the bipartisan commission to achieve voting that president obama announced in the state of the union addresses the start. received afindings serious hearing when they are announced. and the senate i champion of bill called account every boat out. a require election day to be a federal holiday. reduce waiting times at polling places, put in place there in uniform standards and identification and including same day registration across the country, as well as make it a federal crime to deceive voters. provide aortant to paper record and improved security measures for electronic voting machines as well. there are many problems in life that we cannot fix, at least not quickly. preserving fairness and equality in the voting system is one that we can and should. as secretary of state i saw other countries take steps to increase voter participation and strengthen the democratic process seas. the reason we cannot do the same here in america. [applause] i am well aware that persuading a gridlock congress to address problems will not be easy, but that does not mean we should give up and walk aw
the bipartisan commission to achieve voting that president obama announced in the state of the union addresses the start. received afindings serious hearing when they are announced. and the senate i champion of bill called account every boat out. a require election day to be a federal holiday. reduce waiting times at polling places, put in place there in uniform standards and identification and including same day registration across the country, as well as make it a federal crime to deceive...
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i do not know how obama deals with that. i know how we dealt with it. we were screwed us in making sure that that i our is never a group used. every once in a while, a big organization, there were problems that cropped up, but there are safeguards built into it. we have the fisa courts, the foreign intelligence surveillance act courts, that they have to sign off on these programs. before you can dig into any of those records, in terms of reading content, for example, you have to have the authorization from fisa. i know everybody is concerned about it. i understand the concerns. the last thing i would want to recommend is, well, obama might abuse the nsa authority and therefore we ought to shut it down. last possible thing we ought to do. these are good folks, doing the best they can to safeguard the nation, and i like keith alexander covering my back anytime. >> well -- we can move on off of this, but i think again, if you look back and you talk about abuse, you guys were also scrupulously careful not to have the head of the irs in the white house. he m
i do not know how obama deals with that. i know how we dealt with it. we were screwed us in making sure that that i our is never a group used. every once in a while, a big organization, there were problems that cropped up, but there are safeguards built into it. we have the fisa courts, the foreign intelligence surveillance act courts, that they have to sign off on these programs. before you can dig into any of those records, in terms of reading content, for example, you have to have the...
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michelle obama doesn't tend to make as much news as her husband . so we went to a small back at fundraiser in bc -- in washington, d.c. she was saying standard remarks and there was a protester who was calling for equality for gays and lesbians. and michelle obama, not to dealing with protesters, stepped down from the lectern and confronted the protester and basically said, if you want to talk, that's fine, but i'm leaving. other guests got very mad with the protester. it attracted a lot of news. it was an unexpected reaction from the first lady and it was unexpected that she was being protested in the first place. >> back to the netridge conference. this has to do with political opponents caught on tape. [video clip] >> and, if there was anyone , anyone whoo romney sold american bridge that are than i could or anybody who works for us, it was eric earned strum when, right after -- eric .yrnes strum -- eric bernstrum right after, he was asked, your guy did a lot of extreme wings in the -- extreme things in the primary. don't you think that this will
michelle obama doesn't tend to make as much news as her husband . so we went to a small back at fundraiser in bc -- in washington, d.c. she was saying standard remarks and there was a protester who was calling for equality for gays and lesbians. and michelle obama, not to dealing with protesters, stepped down from the lectern and confronted the protester and basically said, if you want to talk, that's fine, but i'm leaving. other guests got very mad with the protester. it attracted a lot of...
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i support president obama. would like all republicans to know, we are supposed to be intelligent individuals, and everything you need to know that is going on in our government is on google or any other website that you need to know. stop leaving everything that you hear. go out there and investigated for yourself. understand what you're are talking about, and then proceed to go out there for our government or for europe he sensitive up whichever state your fron -- you are from. citizen of the united states and a citizen of the world today. in order for us to move forward we first have to investigate and other -- and understand what is our role in this government and in this world. host: fred is up next from south ale organ. -- from southdale, oregon. i wanted to comment on the boehner situation. i believe he is the worst leader we have for -- we ever had in the house of representatives. i think he cries at the drop of a hat. i do not know how anybody can follow a leader like that. a lot of decisions are very w
i support president obama. would like all republicans to know, we are supposed to be intelligent individuals, and everything you need to know that is going on in our government is on google or any other website that you need to know. stop leaving everything that you hear. go out there and investigated for yourself. understand what you're are talking about, and then proceed to go out there for our government or for europe he sensitive up whichever state your fron -- you are from. citizen of the...
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the american people are going to get rid of president obama. the public and lawmakers who have all pledged that they will do everything they can to stop obamacare now have a time for choosing. in october 1 sign up. a day before the sign ups start of the defund the government. this is the time for them to lay down a marker and say have told our constituents that we are against this. we're not going to find it. there is a lot of stuff that conservatives have problems with any challenges to lay down the marker and say we are going to do what we promised we will do. >> and potentially shut down the government. >> the seven weeks to get there. washington love to play this game of setting things that can not beat him. and so saying we're going to try to inspire people and see what comes to it. if republicans went out there and united and say this is a beer that is falling apart, the president has already started delaying part of it. there is a report that came out today, krispy kreme doughnuts, 60% of employees are full-time. 80% of employees have be
the american people are going to get rid of president obama. the public and lawmakers who have all pledged that they will do everything they can to stop obamacare now have a time for choosing. in october 1 sign up. a day before the sign ups start of the defund the government. this is the time for them to lay down a marker and say have told our constituents that we are against this. we're not going to find it. there is a lot of stuff that conservatives have problems with any challenges to lay...
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obama illuminate it those. as far -- obama e many did those. as far as sequestration, that was obama's idea. you know it and you are sitting there lying. that is all you are is a damn liar. host: no, let's see if you have a final thought on all of this. thought, working for states, the message i think states would like to deliver and washington is that the uncertainty around this makes it difficult for states to plan their budgets and rent their budgets in their states. as much as some of these cuts hurt specific programs, states are on board with the notion of contributing to helping the federal budget get back toward balance. more than anything, they would just like to know what kind of resources they are going to have to work with if this program remains in effect and asked congress to make that part of their job a build it easier. federalrcia howard, funds information for states. the website is ffis.org. thank you for your time and all the information this morning. one more segment in this friday edition of the "washington journal yuriko we
obama illuminate it those. as far -- obama e many did those. as far as sequestration, that was obama's idea. you know it and you are sitting there lying. that is all you are is a damn liar. host: no, let's see if you have a final thought on all of this. thought, working for states, the message i think states would like to deliver and washington is that the uncertainty around this makes it difficult for states to plan their budgets and rent their budgets in their states. as much as some of these...
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he's a lawyer, just like president obama. he's a younger figure by a decade, representative of the new generation, the ipad user. andidea was that obama medvedev were able to come to agreement on pragmatic interests. in 2009,irst meeting obama says, you don't want us to fail in afghanistan because if we fail in afghanistan, drugs, weapons, and islamist tourists flow north into russia's soft underbelly, and then into europe. med --medvedev goes, you're right. in the very same visit, he meets with putin. before he has a chance to get to the substance of agenda, putin begins to lecture him about everything the u.s. has done wrong. this is a guy who sees himself as coming from the position of moral righteousness and says to the u.s., you don't get to dictate terms and outcomes. now: where is medvedev ? it is a parliamentary presidential system. he has quite a bit of influence, but it's understood -- it was clearly understood at the end of 2011 when putin announced, and used meta-of -- medvedev to announce the presidency, he under
he's a lawyer, just like president obama. he's a younger figure by a decade, representative of the new generation, the ipad user. andidea was that obama medvedev were able to come to agreement on pragmatic interests. in 2009,irst meeting obama says, you don't want us to fail in afghanistan because if we fail in afghanistan, drugs, weapons, and islamist tourists flow north into russia's soft underbelly, and then into europe. med --medvedev goes, you're right. in the very same visit, he meets...
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that obama care isn't working. the lead author of obama care, democratic senator max bachus is describing it as a huge train wreck -- that 's the guy who wrote it! now, maybe he didn't read it. the president of the teamsters, james hoffa, has publicly said obama care is destroying the 40-hour work week that is the backbone of the middle class. that's not me saying that, that's the teamsters. the irs employees' union publicly been asked to be exempted from obama care. these are the guys in charge of enforcing it on us. most strikingly, president obama has unilaterally and lawlessly exempted members of congress from obama care. >> shameful! >> that's exactly right. it's shameful! that happened after harry reid and the senate democrats sat down in a closed door meeting where they begged, aording to public reports, let us out from under obama care. the biggest divide in washington is not a divide between republicans and democrats. it's a divide between entrenched politicians in both parties and the american people. [ a
that obama care isn't working. the lead author of obama care, democratic senator max bachus is describing it as a huge train wreck -- that 's the guy who wrote it! now, maybe he didn't read it. the president of the teamsters, james hoffa, has publicly said obama care is destroying the 40-hour work week that is the backbone of the middle class. that's not me saying that, that's the teamsters. the irs employees' union publicly been asked to be exempted from obama care. these are the guys in...
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. >> a look at president obama's plan for improving the mortgage finance system. we will discuss how sequestration is affecting national defense. begins aton journal" 7:00 a.m. on c-span. today, the brookings institution discusses spending cuts in the 2014 budget and their impact on the pentagon and their strategies at 10:00 a.m. eastern. tonight, wendy davis's remarks from the press club in washington, dc and she talks about her future political lands and her 10 -- our filibuster in the state senate at eight 30 5 p.m. eastern. at 8:35 a.m.. -- p.m.. theill have the chair of "reign affairs committee on newsmakers." a.m.is sunday at 10:00 here on c-span. >> mayor adrian fendi and councilmember vincent gray faced the most expensive election in recent ec history. adrian fancy raised nearly $5 million. benson great raised only $1.2 million. he won the public over. f he beatenty but shortly after he took office,suleimaon brown who ran for mayor said he was paid and promised a job in expressing for supporting fenty during the election. much of his story was true. they a
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let me emphasize, president obama, we believe in the united nations. we have great respect for the inspectors who endured regime gunfire and obstructions to their investigation. but as ban ki-moon has said again and again the un's investigation will not affirm who used these chemical weapons. that is not the mandate of the investigation. they will only affirm whether such weapons were used. by the definition of their own mandate, the u.n. can't tell us anything we have not shared with you this afternoon or that we don't already know. and because of the guaranteed russian obstructionism of any action through the u.n. security council, the u.n. can't galvanize the world to act as a should. so let me be clear, we will continue talking to the congress, talking to our allies, and talking to the american people. president obama will ensure united states of america makes our own decisions on our own timelines based on our values and our interests. we know that after a decade of conflict the american people are tired of war. believe me, i am too. fatigue does
let me emphasize, president obama, we believe in the united nations. we have great respect for the inspectors who endured regime gunfire and obstructions to their investigation. but as ban ki-moon has said again and again the un's investigation will not affirm who used these chemical weapons. that is not the mandate of the investigation. they will only affirm whether such weapons were used. by the definition of their own mandate, the u.n. can't tell us anything we have not shared with you this...
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the obama administration believe that u.s. intelligence has established how syrian government forces stored, assembled and launched chemical weapons outside of damascus that killed hundreds of people. the administration is planning to release evidence possibly tomorrow. it will prove that president bashar assad -- from the hill newspaper reaction from members of congress the headline is nearly two dozen members of congress signing on to a letter demanding that the president first consult congress. the letter was led by a republican from virginia beach. quote, engaging our military in syria when no direct threat exist would violate the separation of powers that is clearly in the u.s. constitution. nearly two dozen house members sign this asking the president to wait for congressional authorization. we'll be talking later about the situation in syria. we want to get to your phone calls whether or not you think marchs makes a a difference. you'll see remarks from the mall and u.s. capitol. for those of you offer the age of 50 the
the obama administration believe that u.s. intelligence has established how syrian government forces stored, assembled and launched chemical weapons outside of damascus that killed hundreds of people. the administration is planning to release evidence possibly tomorrow. it will prove that president bashar assad -- from the hill newspaper reaction from members of congress the headline is nearly two dozen members of congress signing on to a letter demanding that the president first consult...
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the video of president obama speaking at camp pendleton earlier today. the white house announcing the president would not be meeting with vladimir putin in russia in moscow in the upcoming g-20 summit. a reporter writing about the decision and probably about its vocation's and policy. what is russia's game/ political scientists might call this behavior, and perhaps the most noteworthy fact about the post-cold war world now is how little does balancing has occurred until now. since theyears soviet union disappeared, none of the major powers has stepped up to replace the ussr or engaged in a major military buildup, and the geopolitical power games of yore. china does not appear to be building up a blue-water navy the way the soviet union once did. comments from michael hersch "national journal." caller: i am proud to say my oldest brother was in vietnam as a marine, and he was an officer, yes. but he got shrapnel in his leg, and i was in high school when he came home, and i buroke the barrier when he came off the plane, and i hugged him and hugged him. but
the video of president obama speaking at camp pendleton earlier today. the white house announcing the president would not be meeting with vladimir putin in russia in moscow in the upcoming g-20 summit. a reporter writing about the decision and probably about its vocation's and policy. what is russia's game/ political scientists might call this behavior, and perhaps the most noteworthy fact about the post-cold war world now is how little does balancing has occurred until now. since theyears...
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they did it for example last year during the obama care argument. then, the court said well what we're going to do is to make this incredibly transparent we're just going to take the oral argument from all three days, monday, tuesday, wednesday and make them available on the website friday. showing how open and transparent for educators like you, and making it impossible for journalists like us to get anything out of it. we asked the chief in one of our lunches, i guess i'm violating the seekity of the lunches. >> it's on you. >> yes, it is. [laughter] but what adam told me -- [laughter] we said can we do this a little more often to have the same day argument and basically he said i don't think it's going to happen. he said he does not want to be in the position in trying to decide which case is newsworthy enough to merit that treatment. but the other thing i think the justices fear it's the camel nose for television coverage and they don't want to go here. >> so thank you for having me. a great pleasure to be here with my friends in the press cor a
they did it for example last year during the obama care argument. then, the court said well what we're going to do is to make this incredibly transparent we're just going to take the oral argument from all three days, monday, tuesday, wednesday and make them available on the website friday. showing how open and transparent for educators like you, and making it impossible for journalists like us to get anything out of it. we asked the chief in one of our lunches, i guess i'm violating the...
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mike has been at all the other obama g-20 summits. there will probably be - well, incidentally, this will be the let me - let me quickly go through what we understand the schedule to be. this hasn?t been formally published, but the formal summit plenary sessions will begin after lunch on schedule to be. this hasn?t been september 5th and go through dinner that night. the next morning there will be a continuation of discussion, but this is a small innovation by the russians. they are going to hey are going to have an interaction with business leaders during the morning, the so-called b-20. there?s a there?s a proliferation of s a proliferation of alphabet groups that have the 20 after their name, and the b-20 is the business grouping, and there will be an interaction that morning and, as i understand it, some separate bilateral time as well for leaders. and then the meeting will continue through lunch into the sort of mid-to- late afternoon and end with a press conference on september 6th, (this is ?). there will undoubtedly be bilater
mike has been at all the other obama g-20 summits. there will probably be - well, incidentally, this will be the let me - let me quickly go through what we understand the schedule to be. this hasn?t been formally published, but the formal summit plenary sessions will begin after lunch on schedule to be. this hasn?t been september 5th and go through dinner that night. the next morning there will be a continuation of discussion, but this is a small innovation by the russians. they are going to...
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that we saw in president obama some -- obama's remarks might not be lasting. administratione take a half step in the right direction and then back away from that when the going gets rough. i would agree with you that even though president obama said some of the right things, and i think in terms of the reviews that are going on, these are the right things, i am not sure that we more principled u.s. policy toward egypt on an ongoing basis. >> thank you. will now open questions to the floor. i will remind you that it is limited to members of the national press club and credentialed press. these make your questions concise and to the point and say them loudly along with your name and affiliation. as a moderator, i do have the privilege of asking the first question. i will do that now. michelle, you mentioned that a lot of the u.s. foreign aid and joint military efforts that we have. can you address resident of him's -- was it obama's decision to cancel a military exercise, not just on the message we are .ending to egypt my follow-up question, steve, you talked ab
that we saw in president obama some -- obama's remarks might not be lasting. administratione take a half step in the right direction and then back away from that when the going gets rough. i would agree with you that even though president obama said some of the right things, and i think in terms of the reviews that are going on, these are the right things, i am not sure that we more principled u.s. policy toward egypt on an ongoing basis. >> thank you. will now open questions to the...
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second, why haven't you supported obama's jobs bill? >> the first question is about whether -- >> voting rights. the civil rights of 1964, congress had to approve us to be able to vote again. >> i will take a look at that. the issue is one that came up recently. it is something i would like to take a look at. everyone has a right to vote and that should be protected. that is a critical element of our society. that is something i will take a close look at. the issue of the jobs bill, house republicans passed a number of jobs bills, legislation aimed to boost the economy. those have been taken up i bet senate -- have not been taken up by the senate or president. we want to help the economy by looking at all of the people and how to create a for your economy that everyone -- free economy that everyone can prosper in. >> [indiscernible] >> i wouldn't support doing anything at the federal level. from my perspective, it is a state and local issue. >> you would support the state? >> unfortunately, i'm not a michigan state legislator. >> i mean
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and that caused them to support barack obama instead of hillary clinton. how did she address the fact that she has a record to defend and she has to defend her husband's record as well? >> i really think that her job as secretary of state has solidified her standing as a candidate that happened to be married to a guy that used to be president. but not that his presidency would in any way define her presidency. i think it's important to remember that we have two candidates for president in 2008 that were amazing. historic candidates that made all of us who are democrats so proud of our party and so proud of our country because the two amazing candidates were running. i said to my friends who wither disappointed in me when i supported barack obama, not like i'm going for a good ole boy. this is an extraordinarily difficult decision. and it was a difficult one to me. and in many ways, it's a difficult one for our party. the good news is now we get to make history twice. we get to make history in 2008 by electing an amazing leader, the president of the united
and that caused them to support barack obama instead of hillary clinton. how did she address the fact that she has a record to defend and she has to defend her husband's record as well? >> i really think that her job as secretary of state has solidified her standing as a candidate that happened to be married to a guy that used to be president. but not that his presidency would in any way define her presidency. i think it's important to remember that we have two candidates for president in...
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things about obama and mile-an-hourle obama, certain people attract their readers and they want to read those stories. >> video of mitt romney that you'll recognize. everybody will recognize. i want to ask you what this kind of thing does to the whole discussion. >> 47% of americans pay no income tax. you'll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. every four years. so my job is not to worry about those people -- i'll never be. they should take responsibility for their lives. >> video -- came from mother jones, a lest of center magazine. it was recorded by the bartender and facilitated with jimmy cart carter's grandson to david korn. good or bad for the system? should he got as bad a wrap as he should have. >> a lot of people don't like it. that's why it's so popular when politicians appear to be saying one thing and another thing to private settings to wealthy donors. that's why this video was so popular. voters don't like if they think they're being lied to or a politician is trying to swindle them. i think mitt romney deserved the criticism. it portrayed a large portion of t
things about obama and mile-an-hourle obama, certain people attract their readers and they want to read those stories. >> video of mitt romney that you'll recognize. everybody will recognize. i want to ask you what this kind of thing does to the whole discussion. >> 47% of americans pay no income tax. you'll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. every four years. so my job is not to worry about those people -- i'll never be. they should take responsibility for their...
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the epic general election campaign which resulted in barack obama getting elected. the internet -- really it was the first campaign that was fully acted out in cyberspace. politico with this new force. in a sense tim russert's death left a vacuum in this space where there was this real anarchy with new media coming in . the country was uncertain. in a sense, the center had not really been replaced sense tim died. for a lot of reasons i go into in the book, tim was a consummate washington figure and also a consummate american figure. be millionone man with all the stars? >> meet the press was the one place where politicians had to go to prove their mettle. you had someone like sarah palin reversing the scene two months you sort of death, wonder if he had lived, would they have left her anywhere near him? tim was the unquestioned authority of sunday morning, but also needing to prove your mettle. i do not think anyone has come along cents. >> you write about his son. why? >> luke russert is interesting. he is sort of a prince. he gave an incredibly moving eulogy at hi
the epic general election campaign which resulted in barack obama getting elected. the internet -- really it was the first campaign that was fully acted out in cyberspace. politico with this new force. in a sense tim russert's death left a vacuum in this space where there was this real anarchy with new media coming in . the country was uncertain. in a sense, the center had not really been replaced sense tim died. for a lot of reasons i go into in the book, tim was a consummate washington figure...
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president obama is expected to be there. we will have live coverage on c- span and c-span radio. >> this is my purse. i made it. put it on tv. [indiscernible crowd noise] freedom want freedom, back up, back up freedomfreedom, racist jobs, we don't need them need them ♪ back up, back up freedomfreedom, all these dirty, racist jobs need themeed them, ♪ ♪ nurses in the house nurses in the house nurses in the house ♪ nurses in the house ♪ [indiscernible crowd noise] >> oh, c-span. i get all my information from you. [indiscernible crowd noise] >> hello, c-span. >> i got you. i just want to make sure. [indiscernible crowd noise] >> no, you target. you target. [indiscernible crowd noise] >> i don't want to be on film. >> we've got to go. i'll wait right here for you. [indiscernible crowd noise] >> hi, c-span. naacp.from the at the march for freedom. it was first led by martin luther king january 1960 three. another gathering is planned for wednesday. president obama is expected to be there. we will have live coverage. her
president obama is expected to be there. we will have live coverage on c- span and c-span radio. >> this is my purse. i made it. put it on tv. [indiscernible crowd noise] freedom want freedom, back up, back up freedomfreedom, racist jobs, we don't need them need them ♪ back up, back up freedomfreedom, all these dirty, racist jobs need themeed them, ♪ ♪ nurses in the house nurses in the house nurses in the house ♪ nurses in the house ♪ [indiscernible crowd noise] >> oh,...
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second, why haven't you supported obama's jobs bill? >> the first question is about whether -- >> voting rights. the civil rights of 1964, congress had to approve us to be able to vote again. >> i will take a look at that. the issue is one that came up recently. it is something i would like to take a look at. everyone has a right to vote and that should be protected. that is a critical element of our society. that is something i will take a close look at. the issue of the jobs bill, house republicans passed a ,umber of jobs bills legislation aimed to boost the economy. those have been taken up i bet senate -- have not been taken up by the senate or president. we want to help the economy by looking at all of the people and how to create a for your economy economyryone -- freee that everyone can prosper in. [indiscernible] >> i wouldn't support doing anything at the federal level. from my perspective, it is a state and local issue. >> you would support the state? >> unfortunately, i'm not a michigan state legislator. >> i mean another one
second, why haven't you supported obama's jobs bill? >> the first question is about whether -- >> voting rights. the civil rights of 1964, congress had to approve us to be able to vote again. >> i will take a look at that. the issue is one that came up recently. it is something i would like to take a look at. everyone has a right to vote and that should be protected. that is a critical element of our society. that is something i will take a close look at. the issue of the jobs...
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full-time versus part-time workers obama. obama forces work hour limits for students. obama care delays relief for family business. texas business owner facing a million dollars in obama care costs. and i have pages and pages and pages and i'll be reading these on the floor of the house tonight. but the point is these aren't manufactured concerns, these aren't opinions. these are real news articles. so in a serious way, i'm trying to convey that a lot of our objections and concern reflect the concerns of our constituents. i hear it every day. i got a text on the way -- i was over doing a one minute and i got a text from a constituent who has my cell phone number, most do, telling me her objections to obama care and the affordable care act. so this is real and it's real for our constituents. and i just want to make sure that you hear that side of it. it's not all washington speak. we're communicating what our constituents are telling us and they are scared and they are concerned. thank y'all for coming up. appreciate your time. >> mr. shock. >> thank you mr. chairman. t
full-time versus part-time workers obama. obama forces work hour limits for students. obama care delays relief for family business. texas business owner facing a million dollars in obama care costs. and i have pages and pages and pages and i'll be reading these on the floor of the house tonight. but the point is these aren't manufactured concerns, these aren't opinions. these are real news articles. so in a serious way, i'm trying to convey that a lot of our objections and concern reflect the...
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[laughter] they used to mispronounce obama, too. [laughter] i want to thank barry and your grade team in washington. disabled american veterans, like all veterans, you carry in your hearts the story of brave service that took you to every as young men earth , leftmen, you left home everyone you ever knew because clouds gathered far across the sea. you had your whole life ahead of you, but you were willing to risk all of it for this land that we love. because you know from hard experience what we must never our country and doors because in every generation there are americans like you who stand beside her and guide her and protect her. you fought across the pacific island by island. you fought into the heart of europe mile by mile to fill -- to free millions from fascists. that is your legacy from the second world war. you have the line of the pusan perimeter and survived the bitter cold of the chosen reservoir. on his 60th anniversary, all of our veterans of the korean war. [applause] to our vietnam veterans -- [applause] you served
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these are all greeted by the obama administration with harsh condemnation. there is a perception among some that this is a weakness on the part of the obama administration. can you address that? >> you are referring to very difficult, and in some cases very intractable problems that in some cases are bearing very severe consequences for the people who live in these countries. there is no doubt about that. the u.s. has a responsibility to be a part of the international effort to address those problems. for a variety of reasons, one of them is that it is the desire of the u.s. to have good relationships with these countries. what we are trying to do in many of these cases is to marshal international support, and to work with our friends and allies to work with our partners in the region. and we have done that with some success and with some progress notable in a variety of circumstances. what we would like to see moving forward is a continued effort on the part of the community to work together to address some of these problems. seewe would also like to the le
these are all greeted by the obama administration with harsh condemnation. there is a perception among some that this is a weakness on the part of the obama administration. can you address that? >> you are referring to very difficult, and in some cases very intractable problems that in some cases are bearing very severe consequences for the people who live in these countries. there is no doubt about that. the u.s. has a responsibility to be a part of the international effort to address...
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obama came in. he wanted his administration to be the one that turned away from the middle east or pivoted from the middle east in u.s. foreign- policy and focus to asia. secretary defense hagel is in asia right now. he is having to talk about syria in the middle east -- and the middle east. president obama, and this is coloring their decisions. knows that to get involved directly in the war in syria that is it for the rest of his administration. that isthat -- think one beer being careful about. he still hopes to -- they are being careful about. he still has lofty hopes for the middle east. he wants to pivot away from this region and put american foreign- policy attention elsewhere, primarily in asia. a middlewant to go to east correspondent to his joining us from syria. good morning to you. i think we may have lost him. all right. we will go with our caller. is concerning to me that regarding the chemical use in syria is slanted to one. thatca has concluded facade has artie use chemical weapons. d
obama came in. he wanted his administration to be the one that turned away from the middle east or pivoted from the middle east in u.s. foreign- policy and focus to asia. secretary defense hagel is in asia right now. he is having to talk about syria in the middle east -- and the middle east. president obama, and this is coloring their decisions. knows that to get involved directly in the war in syria that is it for the rest of his administration. that isthat -- think one beer being careful...
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i know i speak for president obama, and everyone in this hall today, and many others beyond it when i say that while we are confident that jim comey will be a right director, all of -- will be a superb director and uphold the standards of excellence, all of us will miss you a great deal. your example, and your tireless dedication will inspire us for many years to come. wherever your career may lead you, you should know that you are, and always will be an essential part of the justice department family. you will be a dear friend. for he takes the podium, i would like to make a special presentation. general,the highest award i can bestow within the justice department is the attorney general's award for exceptional service. presented only once each year. today, in recognition of bob mueller's leadership of the fbi, his contributions over the course of his career, and his exemplary service to the american people, it is my privilege to present him with this year's exceptional service award. [applause] because of sequestration, he gets to hold on to it, but i take it back. [laughter] there
i know i speak for president obama, and everyone in this hall today, and many others beyond it when i say that while we are confident that jim comey will be a right director, all of -- will be a superb director and uphold the standards of excellence, all of us will miss you a great deal. your example, and your tireless dedication will inspire us for many years to come. wherever your career may lead you, you should know that you are, and always will be an essential part of the justice department...
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somebody recommended obama to him. obama got more people registered. now he didn't do it all himself. in illinois than anybody else who worked for my son. i think that we can't forget that. >> thank you. [applause] >> my question is directed to mr. turner. earlier this evening you said sanitation he strike and the march in 1963 that there were people who tried to tiss courage you or tried to stop you or just didn't join you. what advice would you give to someone like myself and others that are trying to make a positive change right now? what advice would you give to us in dealing with people that try to discourage you, that don't want to jump on the obvious bandwagon for positive change sm >> the first thing you have to do with these people is get th them and show them that the treatment that they have received is just as unfair to them as it is to you. show these people that they've been misused. this is the step that we took. , didn't but 33 out of the 1300 went on strike. what we did, it took us from 1960 until 1968, so it took us eight years to get
somebody recommended obama to him. obama got more people registered. now he didn't do it all himself. in illinois than anybody else who worked for my son. i think that we can't forget that. >> thank you. [applause] >> my question is directed to mr. turner. earlier this evening you said sanitation he strike and the march in 1963 that there were people who tried to tiss courage you or tried to stop you or just didn't join you. what advice would you give to someone like myself and...
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president obama will be at a temple meeting in binghamton, new york at 12:45 p.m. eastern promoting his lands to make higher education more affordable. later in the day in pennsylvania, the president will be joined by scranton native, vice president joe biden, at lackawanna college before 5:00 p.m. at 7:00 eastern, the road to the --te house 26 team coverage 2016 coverage will feature ted cruz at a fund-raising event hosted by the new hampshire republican party. tonight on the encore presentation of " first ladies," >> when she came to the white house, she was interested to see how it worked and she found it was dilapidated and dirty and sort of ominous and she tried to spruce it up. she went through the cabinets and found old pieces of china and then asked service if they could tell her if anybody remembers how old pieces. . she started the idea of trying to catalog and create a sense of what the chinas were. she had a plan of putting the splay cases in the state dining room but that never came to fruition. theis credited with being initiator of the concept of a c
president obama will be at a temple meeting in binghamton, new york at 12:45 p.m. eastern promoting his lands to make higher education more affordable. later in the day in pennsylvania, the president will be joined by scranton native, vice president joe biden, at lackawanna college before 5:00 p.m. at 7:00 eastern, the road to the --te house 26 team coverage 2016 coverage will feature ted cruz at a fund-raising event hosted by the new hampshire republican party. tonight on the encore...
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let me offer my praise to leader pelosi and president obama. this is a revolutionary accomplishment in washington. we are fortunate to have peter lee putting this together -- when he briefed the democratic caucus in the senate, it did take about as long as it took this morning. one of my colleagues said, wouldn't it just have been easier to do single-payer? and i said, yes. in the past year, upwards of 12 million californians did not have health care coverage during the calendar year. and this led to the debate on the senate floor looking at the bill. we have the best healthcare system in the world -- but this is just not true. we were ranked 37th among nations in access to health care and quality of healthcare. the cost of healthcare. --fe expectancy rates and into infant mortality rates. the insult to injury, it is twice as expensive as it is for our partners. the cost drivers are everything. this is not sustainable. in 1960, the united states was paying five percent of gdp on healthcare costs, 10% by 2000, 15% by 2010, now 18%. without the a
let me offer my praise to leader pelosi and president obama. this is a revolutionary accomplishment in washington. we are fortunate to have peter lee putting this together -- when he briefed the democratic caucus in the senate, it did take about as long as it took this morning. one of my colleagues said, wouldn't it just have been easier to do single-payer? and i said, yes. in the past year, upwards of 12 million californians did not have health care coverage during the calendar year. and this...
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even worse, and though obama care anyone working -- under obama care anyone working over 30 hours per week is considered full time, causing some businesses to reluctantly reduce the hours that their workers worked to fewer than 30 per week. it is not just the private sector that is affected. let me give you an example. a school system in my state of maine is already preparing to track and cap the number of hours that substitute teachers can work to ensure that they do not work more than 29 hours per week. fewer hours means less money in the teachers' paychecks and more destruction for the students. recently labor leaders of led by the teamsters president warned that obama care will, and i quote, eliminate the backbone of the american middle-class. they are right to be worried. in the past, most of these jobs were full time. this year the overwhelming majority of new jobs are part- time. under this troubling trend, more workers will find their hours and earnings reduced. jobs will be lost. this is especially disturbing, as our country is still battling high unemployment. a study from t
even worse, and though obama care anyone working -- under obama care anyone working over 30 hours per week is considered full time, causing some businesses to reluctantly reduce the hours that their workers worked to fewer than 30 per week. it is not just the private sector that is affected. let me give you an example. a school system in my state of maine is already preparing to track and cap the number of hours that substitute teachers can work to ensure that they do not work more than 29...
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right here in the obama t-shirt. [laughter] so if you -- [applause] rule in theneral presidential town hall. if you want to get called on, where the president of the faith on your shirt. [laughter] -- president's faith on your shirt. [laughter] >> good morning, mr. obama. i studied in the administration. with that being said, we know how vital it is to have a good foundation in education. how does your administration plan to address the major budget cuts that are having with headstart around the u.s.? >> that is a great question. this will be a major topic over the next several months. all, i want to expand early childhood education for the successful -- for the success of every young person in america. [applause] and i talked about this in my state of the union address -- it is just common sense. , study after study has shown that the biggest bang for the buck that we get when it comes to education is to invest early. if we get three-year-old, four- year-olds, well prepared when they start school, that momentum cont
right here in the obama t-shirt. [laughter] so if you -- [applause] rule in theneral presidential town hall. if you want to get called on, where the president of the faith on your shirt. [laughter] -- president's faith on your shirt. [laughter] >> good morning, mr. obama. i studied in the administration. with that being said, we know how vital it is to have a good foundation in education. how does your administration plan to address the major budget cuts that are having with headstart...
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i do believe in president obama's cautious approach. i think that assad has to go. i do not think that we should push for democracy. he is a dictator. he has to go. we have a question of chemical weapons being used and the human rights violations that are going along with that. we had to make sure that this requires certain action but united states. because of this cautious approach, no ground troops, some arms to rebels, figuring out who is pro-democracy. act through international organizations, like we did in libya. we should act through the united nations and we have, to some extent. russia has a potential veto and could use the veto in the security council. i would take caution. i would respect the president for what he is trying to do because he understands what needs to be done. >> i think there is a lot of agreement tonight. i want to make a few more points. assad must go. it must be done in a sober and deliberate way so that we do not cause more problems in the long run like we saw in the early and immediate. we need to make sure that we do everything we can
i do believe in president obama's cautious approach. i think that assad has to go. i do not think that we should push for democracy. he is a dictator. he has to go. we have a question of chemical weapons being used and the human rights violations that are going along with that. we had to make sure that this requires certain action but united states. because of this cautious approach, no ground troops, some arms to rebels, figuring out who is pro-democracy. act through international...
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obama to attend unless mr. putin revives assurances he is prepared to address contentious issues in a substantive and constructive way. otherwise, what's the point? that editorial this might from "the new york times." tom is joining us, new jersey, democrat line. caller: good morning. host: you're on the air. caller: good morning. i thought it was great seeing the president last night on tv. the 21st century. the young people enjoy seeing the president. he is trying to reach out to help us. it was a good thing with the housing, going out to talk to people. it is helpful and gives us some sense of security. being out there, i hope he continues to do that. on c-span, but just being at the white house, he can deal with all americans. host: thank you for the call. jan on twitter -- our next call is rhonda. dayton, ohio, independent line read caller: good morning. the reason i called, i am in a position where i work with people from all over the world, from indonesia, from mexico, from the middle east. i have been t
obama to attend unless mr. putin revives assurances he is prepared to address contentious issues in a substantive and constructive way. otherwise, what's the point? that editorial this might from "the new york times." tom is joining us, new jersey, democrat line. caller: good morning. host: you're on the air. caller: good morning. i thought it was great seeing the president last night on tv. the 21st century. the young people enjoy seeing the president. he is trying to reach out to...